Add different materials to different parts of a mesh?
You need to be in edit mode.

Select the part of the mesh you want to add the material to:



Click the &quot;+&quot; icon on the right side of &quot;material&quot; shown in the image below to create a new material.

Let's give the new material a green color.

Click the Assign button in the Materials tab under the list of materials:



(for older versions)

And you're done!


*_Note that when using this method there can be a sharp contrast between the two materials._